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Bank of Guyana Governor, Dr Gobind Ganga today assured that the Bank of Guyana “remains efficient and effective in its mandate as price and monetary stability was maintained” in 2016. In the area of Capital, credit, investments, deposits and earnings he pointed out that at the end of September 2016, the licensed financial institutions (banks and […]
The internal elections for a Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Georgetown was full of drama on Thursday afternoon as Councillor Sherod Duncan withdrew his candidacy for the position hours before the vote was set to take place. In a Facebook post, Duncan revealed his decision, stating that “in the last few days the local government […]
A courageous fireman in the mining town of Linden is nursing several chop wounds about his body, after he came to face to face with four men who may have planned to rob him at his Wisroc house. The incident took place on Wednesday night. The fireman, 30-year-old, Mesimba Sampson, was about to retire to […]
Over thirty frontline officials from the Guyana Defence Force, Customs, Guyana Police Force and Guyana Geology and Mines Commission have completed a two day workshop on Trafficking in Persons. The workshop was conducted by the Ministry of Public Security’s Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking in Persons at the Guyana Police Force Training Centre. Speaking at the […]
With the current crime situation continuously haunting the Police Force and government, President David Granger wants to see the Police Force work closer with members of the public. During a Police breakfast event with senior officers on Wednesday, the President emphasized the importance of community support for the work of the Police Force and their […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party, wants the Auditor General’s Office to probe the Durban Park project, following revelations that an additional $500 million will be taken from the public’s purse to pay off contractors who are still owed for works done on the project. An additional $500M has been budgeted for the Ministry of Public […]
The International Children’s Heart foundation (ICHF) commonly known as the Baby Heart Foundation has completed its fourth and final exercise for 2016, providing free heart surgeries for infants born with congenital heart defects. Babies benefitting from the surgeries were mostly from hinterland locations. Dr. Rodrigo Soto, Pediatric Cardiologist told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that […]
Quick action by members of the Guyana Police Force has resulted in the arrest of two armed bandits who earlier today snatched over $2 million from an accounts clerk attached to the Tower Hotel, just as he was about to about to enter the hotel from the parking lot area. The money has also been […]
The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Development Fund, Rodinald Soomer, signed a Loan Agreement this morning which will effectively see 175 farmers from communities in Regions 4 and 5 benefit from improvement to agricultural infrastructure. The loan agreement will see a total of just over US$12.4 million being […]
Just three weeks after a North East La Penitence couple tied the knot, promising until death they’ll part, the family has been plunged into mourning. The newlywed man, 26-year-old, Matthew Scott, was shot dead by a gunman last evening just outside his house, as he rushed to his sister’s aid. According to reports, the sister […]
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